Good morning! I got a brand spankin’ new Vampire Weekend song for you guys today! It is “California English Pt.2”, which is the b-side to the “Cousins” single. Like “Horchata” it is different from anything on their debut album, so all the critics who doubted that they wouldn’t change are eating their words! With that said, it is still very Vampire Weekend. The song is a good listen, but it doesn’t really have a climax or a big winning chorus that VW made routine on every other song. So I guess it is a bit on the — safe side? It is only a b-side, but then again one of my favorite VW songs to date “Ladies Of Cambridge” is a b-side. I really like the atmosphere that is created through the looped vocals. It may be one of the most “produced” song of theirs to date. You can tell a lot of studio work went into this one.

All in all, this is a cool piece. I see it more as a track to relax to, rather than a track to rock out to!

It amazes me to see how far Vampire Weekend have come. It was almost 2 years ago that I met them outside of Bowery Ballroom before they rose to fame. A good fella over at XL Recordings promised to send me an advanced promo to review, so once I have that I will eagerly get a review up for you guys!

For now, enjoy the b-side along with your “Horchata”/”Cousins” playlists!

Any idea if this will ever really be released to digital stores? The single on iTunes, Amazon and Lala doesn’t have the b-side. I like to buy tracks I hear on MP3 blogs ’cause, y’know, support artists and all that, but I can’t find a place to give them my money…

John

ParallelComics, the B-side is going to be released December 15 with the Vinyl of the single. I’m just glad I don’t have to wait two weeks to hear this haha

tuggs

How do you listen to the song? It only buffers and does not play

nick

re-up this??

FY

hey there, Will:
please can u send me this song to my e-mail address: [email protected]
pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee… I won’t share this file publicly… only w/ a good friend!
THANKS in advance 😉

FY

many thaaaaaaaaaaaaanks
x

Bryce Miller

I saw that you sent it to the other guy, and I have been looking for this song every day, and when I saw your post I freaked out… only to find out that the file had been taken down. Please sent the song to [email protected]. And like the other guy I have no intentions of sharing it publicly I am just obsessed with Vampire Weekend. Thank you so much!

Bryce Miller

YAAAAH! Thanks

Rob

hi man send me this pleease! thanks!!

matt

Hey mate it’d be much appreciated if you would send me this song as well. I’m not a sharer, just a VW fanatic, been looking for this song for weeks now! Thanks.

franck

Hi,
Just like the others, i’m a VW fanatic.
If you could send it to me, it would enlighten my day !!
Thanks in advance
PS: can’t wait for the new album

this is a great song!
not sure if you’ve sent the track to everyone else, but it’s well worth a try. here’s my email: [email protected]
Thanks in advance.

Bryan

IÃ¨ve been a huge fan of VW since they started and have been looking forward to Contra for a long time. It would be great if you could send me the song via email. I will not be sharing it publicly, I just love them.[email protected]
It would be much appreciated!

Bryan

PS
I really do need you to send it to me, the track wont even show up on this page for me, so I havent been able to even hear it 🙁

Brendan

I am begging youuuuuuuuuuu. please send the aforementioned mp3 song file mega amazingness by vampire weekend to [email protected]. And thanks in advance. oh and btw, the o’s in my email are zeroes…

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